https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 A study of maximum and minimum operators with applications to piecewise linear payoff functions https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:931 Wed 12 May 2021 23:08:04 SAST ]]> Representation and use of indigenous heritage constructs : implications for the quality and relevance of heritage education in post colonial southern Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1407 Wed 12 May 2021 22:43:54 SAST ]]> Phototransformation of pollutants using lutetium and zinc phthalocyanines anchored on electrospun polymer fibers https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4286 Wed 12 May 2021 22:28:40 SAST ]]> The application of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to illegal natural resource exploitation in the Congo conflic https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3665 Wed 12 May 2021 20:37:09 SAST ]]> Polymer based electrospun nanofibers as diagnostic probes for the detection of toxic metal ions in water https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4557 Wed 12 May 2021 20:17:39 SAST ]]> Towards the development of a mycoinsecticide to control white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in South African sugarcane https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5586 Wed 12 May 2021 20:11:35 SAST ]]> The ecology and management of the large carnivore guild on Shamwari Game Reserve, Eastern Cape https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5609 Wed 12 May 2021 19:43:43 SAST ]]> Postcolonial monuments and public sculpture in Zimbabwe https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2447 Wed 12 May 2021 19:37:40 SAST ]]> The influence of overwash and breaching events on the spatial and temporal patterns in ichthyofauna community composition in a temporarily open/closed southern African estuary https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5610 Wed 12 May 2021 18:41:58 SAST ]]> Pedagogical ways-of-knowing in the design studio https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1840 Wed 12 May 2021 18:39:28 SAST ]]> Rural livelihoods, forest products and poverty alleviation: the role of markets https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4741 Wed 12 May 2021 18:16:27 SAST ]]> Drivers of macrophyte assemblages in South African freshwater systems https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5621 Wed 12 May 2021 18:05:21 SAST ]]> Investigation into the technical feasibility of biological treatment of precious metal refining wastewater https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3888 Wed 12 May 2021 17:29:53 SAST ]]> Synthesis, characterisation and biological activity of 2-(methylthiomethyl)anilines, 2-(methylthio)anilines, their Schiff-base derivatives and metal(II) (Co, Ni, Cu) complexes https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4562 Co(II) > Ni(II). The Schiff-base derivatives were prepared from the ligands and para-methoxysalicylaldehyde and their Cu(II) complexes were synthesized in order to determine their biological activity. The Schiff-base ligands were found to be less active than their parent ligands. The Cu(II) complexes are not soluble in water, DMSO or DMF, as a result and could not be evaluated for their biological activity. Based on the good results from the antimicrobial evaluation, the antiplasmodial activity of some of the Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes of the thiomethylated ligands against Plasmodium falciparum (FCR-3) was determined. At 50 μM concentration level, the Cu(II) complexes show activity equal or better than the prophylactic chloroquine. The Cu(II) complexes with the methoxy-substituted demonstrated exceptional activity but their Co(II) and Ni(II) analogues did not show any activity. The cytotoxicity of the active Cu(II) complexes at 50 μM concentration was determined against the breast cancer cell line (MDA-MB-231). The compounds destroyed the cancer cell in the range of 28–40%, thus showing their preferred activity against the parasitic cell instead of the cancer cell. The selectivity demonstrated by these compounds have shown them to be potential antimalarial agents and this could be further investigated.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 17:24:20 SAST ]]> Coping with HIV and AIDS in marginal communities: a case study of Chivanhu Settlement in Nemanwa, Masvingo, Zimbabwe https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3337 Wed 12 May 2021 17:08:03 SAST ]]> Application of bidentate N,N'-donor extractants in the hydrometallurgical separation of base metals from an acidic sulfate medium https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4281 Ni²⁺ > Zn²⁺ > Cd²⁺> Co²⁺ was achieved as a function of pH. At pH 1.65 the extracted copper, from a synthetic mixture of the base metals reached 90.13(±0.90)%, and through a two-step extraction process 98.22(±0.29)% copper was recovered with negligible nickel and cobalt impurities. Stripping of the copper from the loaded organic phase using TraceSelect sulphuric acid at pH 0.35 yielded 96.60(±0.44)% of the loaded quantity after the second stage of stripping. The separation of Ni²⁺ from the borderline and hard acids; Co²⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Fe2²⁺, Fe²⁺, Mn²⁺, Mg2²⁺ and Ca²⁺ at a pH range of 0.5-3.5 with OPIM and DNNSA was acvieved to the tune of a ΔpH½≈ 1.6 with respect to cobalt from a sulfate and sulfate/chloride media. A three-stage counter-current extraction of Ni²⁺, at the optimized pH of 1.89, from a synthetic mixture of Ni²⁺, Co²⁺ and Cu²⁺, yielded 99.01(±1.79)%. The total co-extracted Cu²⁺ was 48.72(±0.24)% of the original quantity in the mixture, and it was 19.85(±0.28%) for Co²⁺. The co-extracted Cu²⁺ was scrubbed off from the loaded organic phase at pH≈8.5 by using an ammonium buffer, while co-extracted Co²⁺ was selectively and quantitatively stripped with H₂SO₄ at pH 1.64. The total recovery of Ni²⁺ by stripping at pH 0.32 was 94.05(±1.70)%. In the solid-liquid system, Ni²⁺ was separated from Co²⁺, Cu²⁺, and Fe²⁺ with the microspherical resins funtionalised with 2,2′-pyridylimidazole by a separation factor (β) in the range 22-45. Electrospun nanofibers as sorbents yielded high sorption capacity in the range of 0.97 - 1.45 mmol.g⁻¹ for the same metals ions. Thus, 1-octylimidazole-2-aldoxime (OIMOX), and1-octyl-2-(2′-pyridyl)imidazole (OPIM) can be effectively utilized alongside DNNSA as a co-extractant in the separation of Cu²⁺ and Ni²⁺ respectively from base metals in acidic sulfate medium in a solvent extraction process, and the latter as a selective ligand in the solid-liquid separation of Ni²⁺ from Co²⁺, Cu²⁺, and Fe²⁺.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 16:26:16 SAST ]]> Fixed points of single-valued and multi-valued mappings with applications https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5397 Wed 12 May 2021 16:16:19 SAST ]]> An exploration of conditions enabling and constraining the infusion of service-learning into the curriculum at a South African research led university https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1888 Wed 12 May 2021 16:03:14 SAST ]]> Environmental water quality management of glyphosate-based herbicides in South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:6023 Wed 12 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to, AIDS in South Africa, 1980-1995 https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2517 Thu 13 May 2021 06:20:31 SAST ]]> On the implementation effectiveness and efficiency of ecological interventions in operational contexts : the case of Working for Water https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4729 Thu 13 May 2021 05:45:42 SAST ]]> The impact and control of waterweeds in the Southern Mozambique Basin rivers https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5587 Thu 13 May 2021 05:39:45 SAST ]]> Green zone nation : the securitisation and militarisation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2752 Thu 13 May 2021 05:33:47 SAST ]]> Critical studies in carbon electrode materials with applications in the electroanalysis of the mycotoxin citrinin https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4555 Thu 13 May 2021 05:23:51 SAST ]]> The SKA's the limit : on the nature of faint radio sources https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5504 Thu 13 May 2021 05:20:46 SAST ]]> The screening and characterisation of compounds for modulators of heat shock protein (Hsp90) in a breast cancer cell model https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4060 Thu 13 May 2021 05:15:09 SAST ]]> A social realist account of the tutorial system at the University of Johannesburg https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1314 Thu 13 May 2021 04:59:12 SAST ]]> A critical analysis of the grammar of isiXhosa as used in the Revised Union version of the Bible https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3555 Thu 13 May 2021 04:42:13 SAST ]]> Towards a cost-efficient & standardised monitoring protocol for subtidal reef fish in the Agulhas ecoregion of South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5585 Thu 13 May 2021 04:38:58 SAST ]]> The restoration of an alien-invaded riparian zone in grassy fynbos, South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4733 Thu 13 May 2021 04:22:25 SAST ]]> Petrogenesis and metallogenesis of the Panzhihua Fe-Ti oxide ore-bearing mafic layered intrusion, SW China https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4915 2 wt %) crystallise Fe-Ti oxides early whereas low H2O magmas (< 1 wt %) crystallise oxides late. Early pulses of H2O-poor magma crystallise a sequence of plag+cpx+Fe-Ti oxide (±ol). Later pulses of H2Orich magma subsequently intrude the partially crystallised cumulate sequence incorporating and consuming previously crystallised silicates with subsequent early crystallisation of Ti-magnetite and formation of ore layers. H2O-rich magmas likely have suspended Ti-magnetite microphenocrysts as well, which crystallise at depth in the plumbing system. This model can account for the various characteristic features of the Fe-Ti oxide ore layers at the Panzhihua intrusion as well as other Fe-Ti oxide ore bearing intrusions in the region.]]> Thu 13 May 2021 03:57:26 SAST ]]> Characterisation of surfaces modified through self-assembled monolayers and click chemistry https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4277 Thu 13 May 2021 03:57:19 SAST ]]> Genetics and thermal biology of littorinid snails of the genera Afrolittorina, Echinolittorina and Littoraria (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) from temperate, subtropical and tropical regions https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5588 Thu 13 May 2021 03:05:37 SAST ]]> A critical realist exploration of the emergence, development, management and sustainability of a Christian private institution of higher education in Malawi https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1400 Thu 13 May 2021 02:49:32 SAST ]]> Exploring and expanding capabilities, sustainability and gender justice in science teacher education : case studies in Zimbabwe and South Africa https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1887 Thu 13 May 2021 02:38:21 SAST ]]> International joint ventures and firm value: an empirical study of South African partner firms https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1033 Thu 13 May 2021 01:50:13 SAST ]]> An investigation into how journalists experience economic and political pressures on their ethical decisions at the Nation Media Group in Kenya https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3508 Thu 13 May 2021 01:44:54 SAST ]]> Gametogenesis, gonadal recrudescence, restraint and spawning patterns in Nile perch, Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5182 Thu 13 May 2021 01:18:01 SAST ]]> Numerical relativity on cosmological past null cones https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5396 Thu 13 May 2021 01:11:32 SAST ]]> Estuarine-dependency and multiple habitat use by dusky kob Argyrosomus Japonicus (Pisces: Sciaenidae) https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:5386 Thu 13 May 2021 01:05:30 SAST ]]> Modulation of Plasmodium falciparum chaperones PfHsp70-1 and PfHsp70-x by small molecules https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:3887 Thu 13 May 2021 00:48:55 SAST ]]> Climate variability and climate change in water resources management of the Zambezi River basin https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:6024 Thu 13 May 2021 00:27:55 SAST ]]> Electrocatalytic detection of pesticides with electrodes modified with nanoparticles of phthalocyanines and multiwalled carbon nanotubes https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4282 Thu 13 May 2021 00:27:23 SAST ]]> Afro-communitarianism and the nature of reconciliation https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2736 Thu 13 May 2021 00:12:18 SAST ]]> Positions on the mat : a micro-ethnographic study of teachers' and learners' co-construction of an early literacy practice https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:1836 Thu 06 Jul 2023 12:06:44 SAST ]]> The adaptation of the 'Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure' (CORE-OM) from English into a valid Xhosa measure of distress https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2894 Mon 15 Aug 2022 13:28:48 SAST ]]> GDR development policy with special reference to Africa, c. 1960-1990 https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2531 Mon 10 Oct 2022 14:29:46 SAST ]]> A study of the first group of Friars Minor (Franciscans) in South Africa, c. 1932-1960 https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:2530 Mon 10 Oct 2022 14:29:19 SAST ]]>